#REVIEW: “THE EDGE OF SEVENTEEN”
Review by Siobhán Rich for Mr. Will Wong
The first word that comes to mind when watching writer/director Kelly Fremon Craig’s new Movie is... awkward. In fact, the word appeared in my notes so frequently I was beginning to feel self-conscious for identifying so much with the Film’s main character, Nadine. The Edge of Seventeen is about that confluence of moments when it seems like the entire world is conspiring to make your life as awkward and angsty as possible because your misery is ...
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#REVIEW: “THE CARER”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
Legendary Shakespearean actor Sir Michael Gifford (Brian Cox) is terminally-ill with Parkinson’s Disease and is getting progressively worse by the day. He treats all of his caregivers poorly including his newest attendant, young Hungarian immigrant Dorottya (Coco König). Dorottya’s passion is the theatre and she secretly hopes that helping Sir Michael will lead to a chance to act on the English stage. But after the pair bond over their mutual love ...
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#REVIEW: “ELLE”
Paul Verhoeven's eclectic career has won him legions of Fans in both the mainstream and Arthouse worlds. The Basic Instinct helmer continually has pushed the envelope with several bright spots in his career like Starship Troopers, Total Recall, RoboCop and we actually "got" Showgirls and are unafraid to admit it.
He returns with French psycho-sexual Thriller Elle, which after drawing several raves at Cannes and TIFF '16, now makes its way to theatres as France's official Foreign Language ...
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#REVIEW: “JEAN OF THE JONESES”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
During Sunday family dinner, Jean Jones (Taylour Paige) answers a knock at the door of her grandmother’s home. When she greets the man on the other side, he drops dead. With the family rushing to find out what happened, we learn this man is Jean’s estranged grandfather. His death sets off chaos within the family, bringing old conflicts and family secrets to the surface.
There is a lot going on over the course of Jean of the Joneses short ...
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#REVIEW: “LOVING”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
In the late 1950’s, Richard and Mildred Loving (Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga) traveled out of state to get married. Their mixed race union was illegal in their home state of Virginia, and soon after arriving home, the couple are arrested and put in jail. Their sentence is suspended on the condition the couple leave the state and never return. And while they comply with the ruling initially, they slowly begin building their years-long case with the ...
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#REVIEW: “ARRIVAL”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
This is unlike any alien invasion Film you have ever seen.
Amy Adams plays expert Linguists Professor Louise Banks. When 12 alien space crafts land in different locations across the world, she gets asked by the government to help. She ends up leading the American team trying to figure out why the aliens have invaded earth. Yet, it’s only Banks who believes the aliens came to help humanity. The rest of the world thinks they arrived to take over ...
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#REVIEW: “DOCTOR STRANGE”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
After a car accident leaves his hands with permanent nerve damage, hotshot neurosurgeon Dr. Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) travels across the world in search of a way to get his life back. Instead, he discovers The Ancient One (Tilda Swinton) and the hidden world of mystic arts and alternate dimensions.
The comparisons between Doctor Strange and Inception are apt as both Films spend an immense chunk of their running time devoted to explaining ...
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#REVIEW: “TROLLS”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
From the screenwriting duo behind the Kung Fu Panda Trilogy (Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger) comes a new Movie about the toys that took the nation by storm in the 1960s and 1990s. Trolls stars a lovable cast with some really catchy tunes. When a Movie brings such sheer and utter joy as well as suspense to its young audience, does it really matter what the bigger 'kids' think? Trolls is a fun, energetic, upbeat experience that will have that child ...
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#REVIEW: “HACKSAW RIDGE”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
The topic of war consumes majority of the news all over the world. The subject is never a positive one and has a major impact not only on the people directly involved, but on the world as a whole. It seems as if war is something that will never end because it’s complete chaos. People are seeking refuge, being taken from their families, and soldiers and innocent civilians are dying everyday. So in the world we live in today, a Film with a positive ...
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#REVIEW: “INFERNO”
Review by Siobhán Rich for Mr. Will Wong
Franchises are popular with moviegoers because it they know they won’t be let down. The predictability and recognizable characters are like a comfortable pair of old slippers that promise familiarity in a multiplex full of jump scares, subtitles, and violent Action Flicks. Retreading familiar ground for the third installment in his successful Robert Langdon Trilogy, Ron Howard’s Inferno is sure to draw fans of the Dan Brown-penned Series.
Based ...
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